This scene annoys me because it shows that everyone believes the Titan is dead yet Belos is still able to convince everyone that not only is the Titan “alive” but that it’s upset with how they do magic and that he alone can show them the true way and that the Titan only talks to him. The show gives us the reason that people believe this because Belos started blowing up towns and caused enough chaos for people to flock to him for comfort and security.
If Belos had manipulated the witches’ preconceived notions of the Titan, magic, and whatever fears, anxieties, and prejudices they may have had, then his rise to power would be more believable and applicable to how real world tyrants actually gain control.
But no, he makes everything up, burns a couple towns, and people then buy his message hook, line, and sinker (and he’s also doing this with his one grimwalker assistant and is still battling his curse). The Christian imperialism parallels are obvious to the audience but why do the characters buy into his rhetoric? Why does the idea of chaos and purity strike a chord with the witches? Everything was peaceful until Phil showed up. No one finds it curious that towns are literally burned down and this masked stranger appears out of nowhere and says he can fix it? No one finds this suspicious?
If at some point, witches could talk to the Titan (or even if they believed they could, sort of like an Oracle of Delphi situation), even after death and for some reason people can’t and there was more instability and fear in the Isles, then it would be more believable that Belos could gain a foothold. The show wouldn’t even have to go too far in depth, just have the Savage Ages actually be a time of bloodshed and have Belos make a reference to special witches who could communicate with the Titan and boom! Belos’ rise to power is now much more plausible.
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